Fred Astaire sails across the pond to meet damsel in distress Joan Fontaine and delightful (if unlikely) dance partners George Burns and Gracie Allen in a musical co-scripted by master wit P.G. Wodehouse and directed by George Stevens (Swing Time).
A Damsel in Distress
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Fred Astaire sails across the pond to meet damsel in distress Joan Fontaine and delightful (if unlikely) dance partners George Burns and Gracie Allen in a musical co-scripted by master wit P.G. Wodehouse and directed by George Stevens (Swing Time). The helium-light story concerns servants running a betting pool on the marriage prospects of a fetching aristocrat (guess who wins her hand). The elegant George and Ira Gershwin score includes two standards forever associated with Astaire, A Foggy Day and Nice Work If You Can Get It, plus one of Hollywood’s cleverest song-and-dances: the Academy Award®-winning* Fun House number, which sends Astaire, Burns and Allen cavorting among chutes, mirrors, moving floors and rolling barrels.
Cast and crew
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George Stevens
Director -
Fred Astaire
Jerry Halliday -
George Burns
George -
Gracie Allen
Gracie -
Joan Fontaine
Lady Alyce -
Reginald Gardiner
Keggs -
Ray Noble
Reggie -
Constance Collier
Lady Caroline -
Montagu Love
Lord Marshmorton -
Harry Watson
Albert -
Jan Duggan
Miss Ruggles -
P.G. Wodehouse
Writer -
Ian Hay
Writer -
Ernest Pagano
Writer
Additional information
Directors
George StevensDirectors
Studio
Warner Bros.Studio
Subtitles
English (CC)Subtitles
Released year
1937Released year
Duration
1 h 40 minDuration
Genres
ComedyRomance
Genres
Romance
Writers
P.G. WodehouseIan Hay
Ernest Pagano
Writers
Ian Hay
Ernest Pagano
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